“In Calabria there is the ‘ndrangheta and it sucks us, but there is also the state that opposes”. This was said by the Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister, Alfredo Mantovanowhich today inaugurated a new station of the Carabinieri weapon in San Ferdinando, in the plain of Gioia Tauro. Meeting also the administrators of Rosarno, Mantovano stressed that “the new accommodations (for the carabinieri, ed) were confiscated from the Bellocco clan. The confiscated assets – continued Mantovano – instead of being enjoyed by those who illegally achieved them, today are the heritage of the state and are used as accommodation by the carabinieri “.
The new Carabinieri barracks – named after the brigadier Antonino Marinokilled on 9 September 1990 in an ambush of ‘Ndrangheta -, together with the commander general of the weapon, General Salvatore Luongo, the extraordinary commissioner of government Fabio Ciciliano, the prefect of Reggio Calabria Clara Vaccaro, to the president of the region Roberto Occhiuto, to the Undersecretary inside Wanda Ferro and the mayor Gianluca Gaetano. Mantovano then met the Town Halls the authorities for an operational verification of the projects developed and therefore moved to Rosarno for a meeting at the headquarters of the Municipality with the mayor Pasquale Cutrì and the various regional and national representatives on the realization of the initiatives defined for Rosarno herself.
“It is interesting and not accidental – he added – that today the new carabinieri station is inaugurated and therefore there is the aspect of the state of proximity, to protect compliance with the law and the community. But at the same time there are interventions of great social solidarity ». Mantovano recalled that in Ferdinando “housing housing will be made for migrants who work in this area and accommodation will also be created for the population of San Ferdinando as of Rosarno, as well as sports facilities for children and teenagers and young people, because sport is the best alternative to the drug dealing squares”. “Interventions – he added – not fall from above but coordinated with the authorities of the territory starting with the mayors. For us it is important not only the repression of crime but also the offer of alternatives to the drug dealing squares that must be replaced by the squares of athletics, of the true sport for the redemption of young people. It is nice that this work will see all the institutions gathered around the uniform of the carabinieri and of those who will continue to carry with honor in the square of San Ferdinando and in the surrounding area. So allow me to make a particular wish to the carabinieri who will operate here and the population who will enjoy their service. The two things are held strictly. A carabiniere like any belonging to the police forces, works well if there is support, support, each for its part and without replacing roles, of the population “.